This is going to sound harsh, but there’s no nice way to say it: The town web site is an absolute disgrace and a statewide embarrassment. Why town leadership and the IT department has allowed this sorry excuse for a web site to persist is a mystery. It even has a nickname — the PTWS (Pathetic Town Web Site). Compare [...]

Adam Bond’s sudden and dramatic departure from the Board of Selectmen Monday night was a shame in many ways. Since he and his wife Victoria moved to Middleboro a few years ago Mr. Bond has been deeply involved — in light of recent events one might say too deeply involved — in town government. He has served as a selectman [...]

Despite the local aid cuts announced by Gov. Patrick Deval last week, the town should be able to make the end of the current fiscal year without layoffs or service cuts, Town Manager Charles Cristello told the selectmen Monday night. “The good news is it could be worse,” Mr. Cristello said of the estimated $350,000 Middleboro stands to lose as [...]

Town Manager Charles J. Cristello said the town will need to cut between $330,000 and $360,000 from its current budget due to a cut in state aid announced last week by Gov. Deval L. Patrick. Cristello said he attended the annual Massachusetts Municipal Association meeting last Friday, when Patrick announced the 9.7 percent cut, or $128 million, in state aid [...]

A person posing as a college-age “grandchild” has called at least two seniors in town asking for money because the caller was in an accident in Canada. Detective Joseph M. Perkins said that for the second time in a week a senior in town has been called by someone masquerading as a college-age grandchild vacationing in Canada who needs money [...]

This is all too weird. But if you oppose casino gambling, you can’t help but love it. Adam Bond, chairman of the Middleborough Board of Selectmen and the guy who did more than anyone to try to bring the world’s largest casino to his adopted hometown, has quit the board. It seems that Bond wanted his fellow selectmen to try [...]

Fast work of the Town Manager and Town Clerk allowed for the board of selectmen to hold an emergency meeting last night and place the vacant seat on the regular town spring election. The quick action saved the town about $12,000. Under the rules of the office of Selectmen, when a seat is officially vacated, the board must call for [...]

The weather outside may be dark and stormy but the weather inside the state house is darker. The Department of Local Services has released its cuts to the FY2009 lottery aid to towns. FY2009 is the current year which started July 1, 2008 and runs through June 30, 32009. Middleborough is slated for a $299,014 reduction in lottery aid from [...]

The Middleboro School Department is accepting applications for the preschool program that begins in September. Four sessions will be offered for the 2009-2010 school year. Children attend either a morning or afternoon session four or five days a week. To be eligible, children must be 4 years old before September 1, 2009. Applications can be obtained at the Memorial Early [...]

The Winthrop-Atkins Company, manufacturers of calendars and specialty paper products for more than 100 years, was purchase by an Illinois firm that abruptly closed the East Main Street facility on Dec. 31. Anna Nalevanko, the town’s director of economic and community development, said she understands that Paul Atkins, a descendant of the company’s original owners and current operations manager, and [...]